Comment by karmakurtisaani
2 days ago
Europeans couldn't even get Israel out of a silly pop song contest, so it seems a bit hopeless to expect any actual political action.
2 days ago
Europeans couldn't even get Israel out of a silly pop song contest, so it seems a bit hopeless to expect any actual political action.
Israel literally owns that contest. By what reasoning could the EU force the owner of a silly song contest to exclude their own country?
They don’t own the contest, an Israeli company sponsors Eurovision.
I suspect the song on Israeli participation is not over yet, but that’s a side tangent.
A sponsored business is effectively owned by its sponsors
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well they did it against russia RTnews and even today russian players are treated like trash in Europe. just look at tennis for instance.
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>Excluding Israeli citizens from it hurts their moderates more than it hurts the hardliners.
Nah, it hurts their public image and thus hardliners. Like similar actions against South Africa did.
Whatever their rhetoric they desperately crave respectability, making Israel a pariah state à la 1980s South Africa would hurt them badly.
Why else are they even trying to be in Eurovision and UEFA in the first place
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